​wow....so you're the one. :stuck_out_tongue:

so many of us cut our android rooting teeth with that phone

bought one, fast track, so paid 19.99, included a sim inside with £10 credit.. bargain..

I'm still using a first generation San Francisco phone...don't judge me...will this be much of an improvement, the battery life on my SF is pretty damn great? :sunglasses:

Indeed. Still 19.99 at EE, but +10 top-up. So I guess the offer is expired.

Gone up to £39.99

Can anyone help with this...

I've got the phone, unlocked it using an Ebay code and it accepts other SIM cards. I've put one in (Greek as it happens so I can use the phone as a MiFi hotspot. It sees the network no problem, but will not connect for data. The SIM works fine in other unlocked phones.

ANy ideas anyone? It occurred to me that maybe EE hardwire them somehow to only use their network/data settings. Could that happen?

Yes, it will...

https://community.ee.co.uk/t5/EE-Mobile-Network/Asda-Sim-EE-handset-Will-it-work/td-p/243613

We are using a virgin (who also use EE network) 30 day sim in the phone, with no issues too.

Same here but I had to ask them to take it off. I said that I wouldn't have to buy this if I'd gone fast track and they took the £10 off.

The phone seems pretty good for £20 - only used it on wifi so far.


Anyone know if an ASDA sim will work in an EE phone without getting it unlocked (ASDA uses EE's network I believe)?

Local Argos (in Homebase) has stock - Morecambe.

Just reserved one for my Dad.

Just been and collected the phone, and when I gave the reservation number, the girl asked if I wanted the £10 top up, to which I said 'no, if I don't have to'? And she said, no problem and voided it off the purchase.

It was added to the transaction on the reciept, but is down as voided.

Used £12.50 of nectar points, so got the handset for £7.50... that'll do for our son. :stuck_out_tongue:

It can be hit or miss. I've reserved a phone in the past and had to buy the topup in the store. I fastracked this order and they just handed it over without any mention of a topup. It comes with a sim with £10 credit on it which I think you have to use to buy a PAYG pack with.

I've reserved one of these for our son who's just lost his last mobile, to collect and pay for at Argos.

On the confirmation it only shows the handset at £19.99 to be paid and no mention of the £10 top-up which was supposed to be added automatically.

Not too bothered, as will be using his existing Virgin 30 day sim in it anyway, so hoping I can get away with not buying the top-up for it.

Also, going to use some Nectar points towards it (2500 worth = £12.50) so might only pay £7.50 for this.

Last time I bought a handset at Argos, did the same (reserve and pay/collect in store) with a Motorola Moto E, and didn't have to buy the top-up then either.

I've just ordered another one, for collection tomorrow. So still very much not expired.

Has anyone found a good source for unlocking?

Yours does. Still stock local to me in the Bolton region.

I've just picked mine up. I paid £20 using Fast Track and there is a sim with £10 pre-loaded inside the box. So it has effectively cost me a tenner. And what a bargain. I just need to unlock it now. It seems better quality that the Voda Smart First phone I bought for £20. The Rook has Android 5.1 and is 4G. Bargain!

This offer should be classed as expired as Argos have zero stock.

I'm not trying to be a nob, but you can literally just search ebay 'ee rook unlock' and have gotten an answer far quicker than typing that question, and waiting on the good grace of a response

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=ee+rook+unlock&_sacat=0

Have you the Ebay link?

Yes..£20 3 sim....Using my unlimited data.....Belkin N300 WiFi Range Extender (£14.99 when it was on offer 4 weeks ago from argos)...Create a hotspot on the phone then connect to the Wifi extender...job done...

Great smart phone for £20, ordered via fast track as I had ee sim. I was expecting the phone to be sluggish and screen to be poor BUT quite the opposite. Not for playing games and high end requirements so set your expectations from the outset i.e carmera is just ok nothing more. A steel for £20 esp it being 4G and watching vids on the move.

So you are paying £20 a month (3 sim only unlimited data) for backup, is that right?

I've done the same, bought the phone, unlocked it, and enabled it as a hotspot with my 3 sim, unlimited data. Connected to my Wifi extender, now got a backup wifi spot in the entire house. average speeds of upto 20mbs, (enough for streaming/surfing) Woohooo!!!

Can anyone get the multiple users working on this? Lollipop should have multiple user access, but for some reason it's missing on this???

Anyone know if an ASDA sim will work in this without having to open it up and get it unlocked?

Am thinking of sending one to my Dad at this price.

Sigh - never mind - oos everywhere nearby

How does doing this 'fast track' allow you to get it for £20?

How do Argos give you the top up?

if its a voucher, I could upgrade my mums phone (Been meaning to get her a smartphone. Never owned one before) and top my dads up.

Both of them are on EE and my dad has a tablet, so doesn't need another web browsing tool.

Seems to work perfectly well with my 3 preloaded SIM - only tested at home so far, but hoping to use it with Feel At Home in Norway next week

I don't want to pay £10 for an extra SIM+credit I don't need :-(

You could order it on the ee website?

All my reasonably local Argus's (Argi?) out of stock. I wonder what day of the week they get new stock (assuming they'll get any more of these anyway)

I've just picked up one of these this morning. As per other people, seems pretty snappy, and screen is rubbish, very low contrast. Typing is a bit of a challenge once used to a larger screen. But at the money, who could complain.

4 inch phone seems a bit too small for typing etc now, screen isnt as responsive as my Moto G but at £20 its fine

Standby time seems a bit bad .... Need battery for 2 weeks to reach full capacity although its 1500mah anyway... very small

i got one from Argos.... i think it automatically has the bundle for 30 days

Only say this because i put the sim in my usual phone and was using Whatsapp... so there is data included of some sort!

​Exactly what I want to do. Is it good for that?

Got it unlocked for £1.69 via eBay ..

Yep.. Got too excited lol

My bad... It's a empty sim, zero balance .. Oh well, no loss, it's a great phone and probably the best at this price range ☺️

I think the "£10" SIM is available in a number of places for 1p. So a nice bonus, but not really a big difference.

wibbly even

Thanks Willy, but earlier glitch meant the 5.1 was missing. what other appreciated with automatic did you use?

The sim was inside the box, I had no idea and did expect it at all..

Reckon it could handle Strava?

I'm pretty certain you won't have got the £10 credit on the sim. But if you find that you have, could you let us know.

Bought it through fast track too. how did you get £10 credit? Am I missing something?
Thank you

Nice. Just ordered through fast track £19.99. It's gonna be a dedicated mp3 player.

​I suspect you got a SIM on the £10 plan but unless you got an eTopup receipt I am pretty sure you didn't get the credit too.

You would at argros too if you bought in store I put so people have a choice, EE store might be more convenient than Argos for some people.

But you HAVE to pay the £10 credit on the SIM using that route :-S

Just got it - decent backup phone. Quite fast if you avoid installing take many apps, even Minecraft runs OK. The screen is terrible.

Now there is a sim card included, does it already have the 10 pound starter pack on it?

Just look on EE site their doing exactly the same offer

Cheers

​Guessing eBay.

You buy the listing. They email you for details and then email you back a code.

Once you put your new sim in, put in code and sorted!

Sorry to be a pain but how would I get this unlocked.....online ??

I've just picked one up using fastrack. I paid £19.99 but still got the £10 credit. Thanks OP.

not as widely available

Says Android 5.1 in the comment you quoted!

​android? anyone know please

I've just added Automagic and another app for a few quid to make an 'emergency/panic' phone for a elderly person. Not to be used as a conventional smartphone by them, they just pull out a headphone jack, and the phone...
- emails/txts loved ones with location etc.
- includes a photo automatically taken from front and one from rear camera (in case it helps with location)
- will auto-answer incoming calls and automatically switch on the speakerphone from selected numbers

For £20'ish I can't think of a more cost effective way to do this. How else could I get a relatively small easily programmable battery powered device with loads of sensors/camera/3G and Wifi/GPS/screen/etc.all built-in? Eat your heart out Arduino/Pi :-)

Is this actually useable? I am contemplating it as a backup smart phone.

I'm still using a first generation San Francisco phone...don't judge me...will this be much of an improvement, the battery life on my SF is pretty damn great? :sunglasses:

bought one, fast track, so paid 19.99, included a sim inside with £10 credit.. bargain..

This was posted within the last two weeks. Its by far the best handset at that price point for anyone who doesn't want to spend £100 for a cracking handset

Bought one of these at £24.99, unlocked it and using it as a 4G mifi

got one of these and the battery life is terrible in my opinon :confused:

Ordered via Fast track.... pay now and pick up in store without having to add top up

£19.99 .... cex offer around £15-17

If EE wifi calling was available on this model stocks would fly

Memory information 1MB???

NICE

looked yesterday when I fast tracked this at £24.99, it's only £1.75 to unlock

Any idea how much cost to unlock?

Presume you could fast track it and avoid the top up which makes it a decent little phone

Hot.